Moving-picture machine.



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Patented May 9, 1911.

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EDWIN R. YANCH, F GALVESTON, TEXAS.

MOVING-PICTURE MACHlINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 16, 1909. Serial No. 502,533.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 'I, EDWIN R. YANCI-I, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Galveston, in the county ofGalveston and State of Texas, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Moving-Picture Machines,

of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to moving picture machines and more particularlyto film winding mechanism therefor, and one of the ob ects of theinventlon is to provlde a mechanism consisting of the combination ofmagazine and winding reels, the winding reel having means for receivingthe film from the magazine reel and winding it in such manner thatthefront end of the film will be on the outside of the wound portion of thefilm.

Another object of my invention resides in mechanism of this characterhaving a hol- .lOW barrel revolubly mounted and arranged to receivetherewithin the film in the initial 5 described which will be removablymounted operation of the machine with which the mechanism is a part, andto provide the said barrel with a slot through which the front end ofthe film will be disposed, and to further provide a novel form oftake-up for said barrel, the said take-up having a series of layingrollers adapted to be yieldingly engaged with the wound portions of thefilm within the barrel and to hold the windings of the film againstcasual expansion or separation from each other during the windingoperation.

A still further object of my invention is to. provide a' take-up for thebarrel above and adapted to be removed from the barrel with a wound filmso that the latter and the said take-up can be effectively placed intheir operative positions upon the magazine reel above described, thesaid take-up in this instance serving as a hub.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent as the nature of theinvention is bettor set forth, and it will be understood that changeswithin the scope of the claim may 'be resorted towithout departing fromthe spirit of the invention.

-In the drawings, forming a portion of this specification and in whichlike numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views:-Figure 1 is a side elevation of the winding barrel. Fig. 2 is asection taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail sectionthrough the barrel showing the position of aportion of the supporting.

bracket when it is desired to remove a wound film from the barrel. Fig.4 is a fragmentary end view of the magazine reel. Fig. 5 is a detailperspective view of the bushing upon the driven shaft of the barrel.Fig. 6 is a side elevation showing the winding barrel and the magazinereel operatively associated with each other and showing the manner ofwinding a film from the magazine reel into the winding drum.

The invention consists broadly of what will be termed a winding barrel 1and a magazine reel 2. The winding barrel consists of a disk or body 3provided at its peripheral edge with an annular flange 4. Theconstruction of the barrel is such that it is provided with an open sideportion or feed opening 5. A bracket '6 is provided and consists of abase 7 provided with a vertically disposed arm 8 and-with a member 9disposed immediately opposite the arm 8, and as shown, the said memberhas hingedly connected thereto an arm 10 adapted to be moved into avertical position so as to lie in parallel relation with the arm 8. Themember 9 is provided with a suitable latch 11 which is adapted to beengaged with a keeper 12 upon "the arm 10 so that the latter can be heldperfectly rigid when in its operative position as shown in dotted linesin Fig. 3 of the drawings. The disk or body 3 of the barrelherein shownis provided with a centrally located passage 13. The arm 10 of thebracket 6 is provided at its upper end with a squared aperture 14 whichwhen the arm 10 is'i-n a vertical position lies directly in line withthe passage 13 formed in the disk 3.

A bushing 15 is loosely mounted upon a shaft 6, the said bushing havinga reduced 'end portion 16 which corresponds in shape with the apertureltformed in the arm 10 and as shown in Fig. 3 this reduced portion isadapted to be fitted in the aperture 14 so that the bushing 15 is heldagainst rotary movement. The bushing is provided with a centrallylocated enlarged or cylindrical portion 17 upon which is revolnblymounted a cone-shaped sleeve 18. The bushing is provided at its endopposite to the portion 16 with a reduced portion 19 which fits within acorrespondingly formed passage at the center of a head 20. The justdescribed construction is such that the head 20 is mounted within thebarrel in such Patented May 9, 1911.

manner as will hold it against rotary movement. Any suitable meanscan-be employed for fixing the barrel to the shaft 6 as is rality ofradial elastic or spring arms 22 which are forked at their outer ends asshown at 23, and as illustrated particularly in Fig. 3 the arms of eachfork have revolubly mounted therebetween a roller 24:.

In View of the purpose of the arms 22, they collectively will be 'termedhereinafter a take-up and in view of the elasticity of the arms 22 itwill be seen that the rollers 24 are adapted normallyfor engagement withthe inner face .of the flange 4. A series of clamps of L-form aremounted upon the head 20 and these clamps are provided with horizontallydisposed fingers 25 which are adapted for engagement in depressions 26formed in the arms 22 whereby the arms can be held in such manner aswill cause their rollers 24: to lie out of engagement with the saidflange 4 of the barrel.

The magazine reel 2 hereinbefore briefly referred to consists of a pairof disks 27 and 28. The disk 27 carries a centrally located shaft 29which is provided with a squared portion 30 and with cylindrical endportions 31. The portions 31 are adapted to be mounted in any suitablebearings that will permit the reel to be readily revolved. The shaft- 29has secured thereto at one end a pulley 32 which is adapted to be beltedor otherwise geared to the motor of the moving picture machine withwhich the herein described winding mechanism is used. The disk 28 isprovided with a hub 33 in which is formed a squared aperture .34 adaptedto be mountedupon the end of the squared portion 30 of the shaft 29.

In operation of the apparatus, assuming the magazine reel tohave'mounted theredrawings, it will be seen that the barrel re-' volvesin the direction of the arrow at so that after the film has beenentirely removed from the magazine reel and wound within the barrel 1,the front or terminal end A eration of the device wherein I wind from. amagazine-reel to the herein described barrel, it will be seen that aftera film has been entirely wound within the barrel the arm 10 of'thebracket 6 can be swung downwardly and the bushing withdrawn from theshaft 6. In -view of the fact that the head 20 is mounted upon thereduced end portion 19 of the bushing it is obvious that it will beremoved simultaneously with the bushing. This construction pen mits thewound film to be removed entirely from the barrel by way of the openside portion 5, after which the head 20 can be mounted upon the squaredportion 30 of the shaft 29 and the disks 27 and 28 of the reel 2operatively associated with each other. The reel 2 is then in conditionto be mounted again in the uppermost magazine of a moving picturemachine. Should it be desired to remove the take-up means entirely froma wound film, it will be seen that the clamps hereinbefore described maybe operated so that the fingers 25 thereof can be properly lodged in thedepressions 26 formed in the, arms 22. In this operation the arms 22willbe moved inwardly so as to draw the rollers 24 entirely out of contactwith any portion of the wound film. It will of course be understood thattwo sets of take-upswill be employed, one for the magazine reel and theother for the winding barrel, each being 'removably mounted andinterchangeable so that the take-up upon the magazine reel can be usedin connection with the winding barrel or vice-versa.

I claim In film winding mechanisms, at revoluble reel composed ofseparable sections, and a barrel adapted for receiving the film from'the reel and adapted to wind the same with- EDWIN R. YANOH.

\ Witnesses:

S. G. BUOKLEY,

OHnRRY.

